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Uisrrnn STATES Patented May 5, 1903.

FREDERIO W. HILLARD, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE ELL IOTT & HATCH BOOK TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COR- PORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-W ITER TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,920, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed August 16,1900. Serial No. 27,040. (NomodeL) 1'0 aZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, FREDERIO W. HILLARD, a resident of Totteuville, in the county of Richmond and city and State of New York,

5 have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Type-l/vriter Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement upon the general style 0tmachine and book-support illustrated and described in United States Letters Patent No. 615,017, dated November 29, 1898. The general style of type-writing machine intended to be'used is more exactly described in United States Letters Patent No.

620,125, dated February 28, 1899.

The invention consists in the features hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. l r

In the accompanying three sheets of draw ings, which form a part ofthis specification, Figure 1 is a view inperspective of a table and book-support with the book and platen in the writing position,the adjustable back rod and a part of the base-frame upon which the writingmachine is mounted being shown. Fig. 2 is a view of the table from the front, showing the parts shown in Fig. l and also indicating in dotted lines the writing-machine, the base frame and type-writing machine being shown 0 in the writing position. Fig. 3is afront view similar generally to Fig. 2, but with the baseframe and platen shown in their raised posi-' tions. Fig. 4: is a cross-sectional view on the line a: a: of Fig. 3 looking down from above the table.

In machines of the style to which this invention is applicable the writing mechanism is spaced across and along the pages of a sta tionary book. The writing mechanism is 40 mounted in a carriage A upon a carriageframe B, which is set upon a base-frame O. The carriage and its writing mechanism can be spaced upon the carriage-frame for letter and word'spacin g and upon the carriage-frame for line-spacing. The page tobe written upon is laid over a flat platen D, having a rigid back and suitable elastic face, as is well understood. The base-frame and platen are each provided at one end with lugs, which have open jaws that fit downwardly over an adjustable back rod E and can slide along the back rod. This back rod is longer than the entire width of the book when the book is open and is connected to the table-top H by lugs F and is provided with a handle G, rack G, and pawl G whereby it can be raised and held in position. One end of the platen and base-frame are thereby adjustable relatively to the table-top. Since theother end of the platen and base-frame are fre"e,'itis necessary that the book be leveled'or brought" to the proper height in order that the platen and base-frame and machine shall be correctly adjusted for writing. In order to level or adjust the book, two flat leavesI I areprovided,

preferably faced withcloth I I or other simi- -lar suitable material.

7 These leaves are set horizontally side by side in the table-top at a distance apart greater than the widthof the back of the binding'of the book, which lies in between them when the book is in writing position. One side of the book is laid upon one leaf and the other side upon the otherleaf. The platen, base-frame, and machine rest upon the side of the book upon which the writing is to be done. The leaf to be written upon is laid over the platen, between it and the baseframe. These two leaves I I are supported upon uprights J J, which slide up and'down in guides K K under the table and at its back. The uprights are in the construction shown two fiat boards set at a right angle with the book-supporting leaves and along the rear edge thereof. The uprights are mounted about their centers upon two arms of a lever L, which is pivoted at the back of the table,

at a point midway between the points .ofattachmentto the uprights. The lever is provided with two eyes or slots L L ,='whic-hafi=t I over pins M M on the uprights. 1 When the lever stands horizontally, the two book-sup porting leaves I I will lie in the same plane with each other and in about the plane of the top H. As one book-supporting leaf is lifted the other is lowered by an equal amount. In order to lock the book-supporting leaves in position, the lever L is extended at one end, and its outer extremity L is Tshaped. A long rod N, threaded at its rear end and mounted in brackets, the rear bracket being also threaded, is provided for clamping the lever L against a stud O at the rear of the table, thereby locking the'leaves I I in the position in which they are set. The end of this rod is provided with a suitable head or hand-wheel P to give a good grip.

The special advantages of the construction here described are that the front side of the table is left open, so that the entire writingmachine can be supported at the lowest possible level, and that the leaves that support the book can be clamped to position and can be held clamped easily by reason of the extended leverage L L When the leaves I I have been once properly set for writing in any one part of a book and the height of the back rod has been adjusted to suit the particular book, the book can be written upon without changing the height of the back rod, because there is no change in the printinglevel by reason of lowering one of the boards and raising the other; but the back rod must be adjusted to suit books of different thicknesses. \Vhere record-books are being kept which are all of about the same thickness, it may be unnecessary to provide an adjustable back rod.

In front of the leaves I I there is a thin metallic brace B. This brace is fastened securely to the table-top Hat bot-l1 sides of the leaves I I. It serves to impart rigidity to the table and also as a support for the front end of the platen and base-frame when laid thereover with the book removed and the underlying leaf set at a lower level than the brace. Excepting when the two leaves I I are both set at the same level one of the leaves is at a higher level than the brace and the other leaf is at a lower level than the brace. The writinglevel is always above the level of the brace.

While I have herein made use of the term level for convenience, I Wish it to be understood that I do not intend to limit that expression to horizontal planes, as it is customary in book type-writing to frequently place the book and writing-machine in a plane inclining from a higher level at the rear of the table to a lower one at the front of the table.

While I have for the purposes of illustration shown the base-frame and platen mounted at the rear of the table upon back rod E and slidable thereon from one side of the book to the other, I may instead of back rod E and the overlying lugs and open jaws on the platen and base-frame mount the platen and base-frame on a truck and journal the truck on a suit-able support, whereby the truck, together with the writing-machine, may be more easily shifted from one side of the book to the other.

hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a book-typewriter table, the combination, with two book-rests arranged in an opening in the top of the table, and means for adjusting the same, of rails supported independently of the book-rests in front of and behind said opening and on which the writing mechanism is guided, substantially as described.

2. The combinati0n,with a book-typewriter table, comprising two adjustable book-rests, supports for the platen carried independently of the book-rests at the front and rear thereof, of a writing-machine comprising a platen and writing mechanism pivoted to the rear support and adapted to rest on the front support or on the book-supporting leaves according to the position of the latter, the platen and writing mechanism being movable on the two supports endwise thereof, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a table comprising two vertically-adjustable book-supporting leaves forming a part of the top thereof, and a brace fixed to the top of the table, adjacent to the book-supporting leaves, of a writing-machine havingaplaten pivoted upon the table at its rear edge and having its forward edge adapted to be supported by a-booksupporting leaf or the brace, according to the position of the said supporting-leaf, substantially as described.

4. In a book-typewriter table, the combination of two book-supporting leaves, uprights adjust-ably mounted at the rear of the table, a lever pivoted between said uprights at the rear of the table, and having arms extending in opposite directions, on one of which arms one upright is mounted and on the other of which the other uprightis mounted, said leaves being attached at their rear ends to and supported solely by said uprights, and a threaded clampin screw extending from the front to the rear of the table and having its rear end bearing upon the end of the said lever, substantially as described.

Signed by me in New York city this 10th day of August, 1900.

FREDERIO IV. I'IILLARD.

Witnesses:

'lHoMAs EWING, J r., GEORGE II. GILMAN.

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